dadam38

Ended up just doing something basic, I'm happy with how it looks but its I know it's not great

I am going to loop it. Thanks for all your help.

I havent done any wet forming but ill look into it. Im assuming it must hold its shape pretty well. If thats the case maybe i can still make it out of one piece of leather. Should i wet form, then carve, stain and finish?

Sorry, yes i am going to make a new one, but i still have a design flaw that im trying to figure out. The knife gaurd comes off the blade over a 1/4" so its pushing the belt loop away from the sheath, im thinking about adding a thick piece of leather to the back of the sheath and adding the belt loop to that. If that make any sense.

From some other images ive seen I think im going to bend it back over itself to make the belt loop and that should be strong enough. I was thinking about making slits for the belt, thats why i was thinking id have the same problem. If anyone is interested i can post a picture when its finished.

I recently got into leather work and I got a knife with a sheath as a gift but the sheath is very weak so when you pull the knife out of the sheath it bend and makes it hard to take out. I like the design so i was going to make something similar but add my own flavor to it, but at the same time i dont want to make the same mistake. Is there a way to strengthen or reinforce the part right above the main sheath? Ive attached a picture to give an idea. BTW This site is awesome and i am learning a ton from the forums already. If there is a post that already covers this that would be fine too. Thanks, Adam